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Fallible Mormon Prophets


1377: Belief After the CES Letter - Jim Bennett Pt. 1 - Mormon Stories

What it means to Jim to be a fallible Mormon prophet. How Jim views the claim that the Mormon church is the “one true church.” Jim's ...

Fallible but Faithful: How Simon the Fisherman Became Peter the ...

Unfortunately, Latter-day Saints are not immune to unhealthy hero worship. Some expect perfection from their heroes, whether they are prophets, apostles, ...

Did Mark Hofmann Fool Prophets and Apostles? - LDS Alive in Christ

Critics of the Church of Jesus Christ are delighted when events make LDS prophets and apostles look foolish ... Are Church Leaders More Fallible Than We Have ...

Why do Prophets sometimes Disagree with Each Other?

Prophets are human and fallible. Prophets do not know everything. They have not had all knowledge revealed to them, but only the portion God chooses to share ...

Have you heard the joke about Mormons, Catholics and infallible ...

“Catholics say the pope is infallible but don't really believe it; Mormons say the prophet is fallible but don't really believe it.” A link ...

List of Book of Mormon prophets - Wikipedia

The Book of Mormon describes a number of individuals unique to its narrative as prophets. Here, the prophets included are those who, according to the ...

Expectations of a Prophet | keitherekson.com

One very unhelpful expectation is that prophets don't make mistakes. The only person to live a mistake-free life was Jesus Christ. For their ...

Men Of Their Times - wasmormon.org

They do (sometimes) clarify that they are not perfect and are in fact fallible beings who make mistakes. ... What is the point of having a prophet ...

A Record of Mormon Leader's Reversals and Abandonment of Past ...

Prophets and Fallibility: A Record of Mormon Leader's Reversals and Abandonment of Past Teachings ... Bruce R McConkie, an apostle in the LDS Church, taught “ ...

The Lord's Leaders are Fallible—And That's Okay | Connor Boyack

In this case, it had been unlawful for Jews to mix with Gentiles, much less teach them the gospel, for thousands of years. The LDS Church is ...

Living With Fallibility - Patheos

I hope that the recently published documents on LDS history will help us see that prophets don't usually get definitive answers to their ...

Struggling to explain why we should trust prophets? Sheri Dew's 6 ...

Because they are the least fallible leaders on earth. In addition to the priesthood keys they hold, the unique organizational structure of the ...

Prophets Human and Inspired - BOOK of MORMON RESOURCES

Brigham's gifts as a seer and revelator were limited but a more successful administrator would be hard to find. Joseph and Brigham were both ...

Who Was Joseph Smith, and do Mormons Worship Him?

Prophets are men, fallible men, called to a holy responsibility. We believe that when they speak by the authority of God their direction is ...

Come Listen to a Prophet's Voice - Public Square Magazine

There seem to be a growing number of people who have a stronger belief in the fallibility of prophets than in their unique access to the divine ...

This week in Mormon Land: Members still grapple with prophetic ...

Doctrinally, Latter-day Saints don't assert that their prophets can make no mistakes. But, culturally, they come pretty darn close to viewing ...

Practical Infallibility - Zelophehad's Daughters

We in the LDS church are fond of pointing out that we don't believe in prophetic infallibility. At least in theory, we see prophets as human ...

"When the prophet says it, that settles it"? Refuting an Evangelical ...

... fallibility. Consider the following representative examples: Were the former and Latter-day Saints, with their Apostles, Prophets Seers, and ...

Patrick Mason on Proper View of Prophets - LDS Church is True Blog

'Aha! He's not perfect,' Brother Christensen said, as if that understanding of fallibility does anyone any good. A prophet can commit serious ...

The Priesthood Ban for Dummies | LDS Alive in Christ

The central issue is understanding how the Lord works with His fallible prophets to accomplish His will. I believe the Lord is very close to His prophets.